ioSafe N2 - The Performance NAS is now Disaster-proof

Introduction, Specifications, and Packaging

Last year we did a combined review of the ioSafe SoloPRO and the Synology Diskstation 212+ NAS solution. The ioSafe handled the function of disaster-hardened storage, capable of withstanding a typical building fire along with the resulting drenching from your friendly neighborhood fire department, while the DiskStation made the USB-connected ioSafe available to the network and added numerous additional features as part of its excellent DSM software suite, offering many features to both both home and business users:

The whole time I was working on that article, I kept wondering how cool it would be if both items were combined into one unit. You could then get the additional benefit of multi-drive redundancy *and* the disaster-proof protection offered by the ioSafe. Well, that just happened:

The D2 comes well packaged with everything you will need to get it up and running, including a hex key necessary for removing the user-accessible protected drive cage. The key comes with a magnet to be stuck onto the back of the N2, which should keep it handy in case the need arises for hot swapping a failed drive. This is a nice touch.

Good write up Allyn I think the cost is reasonable considering the quality of product being offered here and lets face it how much importance\value do you place on years of work (your crucial data) being safe in a worst case scenario.